Implications of the optical observations of isolated neutron stars

We show that observations of pulsars with pulsed optical emission indicate that the peak flux scales according to the magnetic field strength at the l ight cylinder. The derived relationships indicate that the emission mechani sm is common across all of the observed pulsars with periods ranging from 3 3 to 385 ms and ages of 1000-300,000 yr. It is noted that similar trends ex ist for gamma -ray pulsars. Furthermore, the model proposed by Pacini and d eveloped by Pacini and Salvati still has validity and gives an adequate exp lanation of the optical phenomena.